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Helmut Kohl
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Person

Helmut Kohl

1930 – 2017 · aged 87

Chancellor of West Germany and reunified Germany (1982–1998)

Born
3 Apr 1930 · Friesenheim
Died
16 Jun 2017 · Ludwigshafen
Part ofGermany1,250 BCE – todayWeimar Republic1834 – 1933Nazi Germany1860 – 1945West Germany1877 – 1990Catholic Church170 CE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

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  1. 3 Apr 1930BornBorn in Friesenheim
  2. 1939 – 1945WarWorld War II
  3. 1959 – 1976RoleMember of Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
  4. 1969 – 1976RoleMinister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate
  5. 1970AwardCommander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  6. 1973 – 1998RoleLeader of the Christian Democratic Union
  7. 1973AwardGrand Cross of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria
  8. 1973AwardKnight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  9. 1975AwardGreat Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  10. 1975AwardPipe Smoker of the Year
  11. 1976 – 1982RoleChairman of the CDU/CSU Bundestag fraction
  12. 1976 – 1980RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  13. 1977RoleSubstitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
  14. 1979AwardGrand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  15. 1980 – 1983RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  16. 1982 – 1998RoleFederal Chancellor of Germany
  17. 1983 – 1987RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  18. 1984AwardOrder of Karl Valentin
  19. 1986AwardRobert Schuman Medal
  20. 1987 – 1990RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  21. 1988AwardCharlemagne Prize
  22. 1990 – 1994RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  23. 1990AwardFinancial Times Person of the Year
  24. 1990AwardJawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding
  25. 1992AwardEuropean handicraft prize
  26. 1994 – 1998RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  27. 1998 – 2002RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  28. 16 Jun 2017DiedDied in Ludwigshafen

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1930 – 2017).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  8. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  9. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  10. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  11. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  12. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  13. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  14. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  15. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  17. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  18. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  19. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  20. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  21. 1956Suez Crisis
  22. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  23. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  24. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  26. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  28. 1968Prague Spring
  29. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  30. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  31. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  32. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  33. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  34. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  35. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  36. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  37. 1985Schengen Agreement
  38. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  39. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  40. 19901990 FIFA World Cup

Biography

Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (3 April 1930 – 16 June 2017) was a German politician who served as chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998. He was leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1973 to 1998 and oversaw the end of the Cold War, German reunification, and the creation of the European Union (EU). Kohl's 16-year tenure is the longest in German post-war history, lasting just nine days longer than Angela Merkel's tenure, and is the longest for any elected chancellor of Germany.

Born in Ludwigshafen to a Catholic family, Kohl joined the CDU in 1946 at the age of 16. He earned a PhD in history at Heidelberg University in 1958 and worked as a business executive before becoming a full-time politician. He was elected as the youngest member of the Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1959 and from 1969 to 1976 was minister president of the Rhineland-Palatinate state. Viewed during the 1960s and the early 1970s as a progressive within the CDU, he was elected national chairman of the party in 1973. After he had become party leader, Kohl was increasingly seen as a more conservative figure. In the 1976 and 1980 federal elections, his party performed well, but the social-liberal government of social democrat Helmut Schmidt was able to remain in power. After Schmidt had lost the support of the liberal FDP in 1982, Kohl was elected Chancellor through a constructive vote of no confidence, forming a coalition government with the FDP. Kohl chaired the G7 in 1985 and 1992.

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